Book-index.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. L. E. SMITH. BOOK INDEX.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 27, 1904.

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BOOK INDEX.

APPLIOATION IILED JUNE 27, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

BOOK-INDEX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed June 27, 1904. Serial No. 214,286.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, LOUIS R. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-Indexes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a combined classified and alphabetical index for use in connection with tabs applied to the leaves of a book containing the index.

This invention is adapted for use in connection with volumes containing individual parts which are classified, and is. especially adapted for use in connection with the Bible. The invention will therefore be explained with special reference to its use as a Bible-index; but it must be understood that it is equally adapted for use and equally advantageous in connection with other books similarly divided or subdivided. In this specification the invention will be described as applied to the Old Testament, though where a volume contains both the Old and New Testaments the index will be arranged to cover both testaments, one being arranged in the front and the other in .the back of the book.

In this specification reference will be made to the books of the Old Testament under the followin classifications, namely: the Pentateuch, 'storical books, poetical books, greater prophets, and lesser prophets. The classification-index is therefore arranged in a vertical column with the five books of the Pentateuch at the top, the twelve historical books arranged in order next below, the five poetical books in order immediately below the historical books, the five books entitled the Greater Prophets below the poetical books, and the twelve books of the lesser prophets below the greater prophets. An important feature of my invention consists in the fact that the books of any one of these divisions or classes are visually distinguished from any of the other books in a manner to readily catch the eye of the user. Of course, any suitable means may be employed for distin uishing the books in this manner but in t 's specification, as well as in the drawings, I have used different colors for the books of the various divisions or classifications-that is to say, in the index the names of all the books of the Pentateuch are red; those of the historical books, blue those of the poetical books, purple; those of the greater prophets, orange, and the names of the books of the lesser prophets, green. In the alphabetical index which is employed in connection with the classified index and arranged on the same page therewith the same colors employed in the classified index are used for the books of the various classes, the individual books, however, in the alphabetical index being alphabetically arranged. In addition to the features heretofore explained each book of each class or division is given a number, the Various books of the different classes being consecutivelynumbered, and the different books of the alphabetical index are correspondingly numbered.

Another feature of the invention consists in applying tabs of corresponding numbers and colors to the first leaf of each book, the tabs being arranged on the edges of the leaves directly opposite the names of the books in the classified-index column. I prefer to employ an index-leaf with a fold, so that the said leaf is concealed when the book is closed, but when the book is open for use may be pulled out beyond the leaves, whereby the classified-index column is exposed for convenience. Having explained the invention in a general way, I will now proceed to describe the same more in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the classified and alphabetical index shown in detail and containlng the names of the books of the Old Testament. Fig. 2 is intended to illustrate a volume containing the books of the Old Testament with the index-leaf pulled out by virtue of its fold to expose the classified index at the left-hand side of the volume. The volume is opened in this view at about the center of the book, and the tabs are shown properly arranged. Fig. 3 is an end View of the book with the front lid partly open to disclose the fold in the index-leaf, the position of the leaf when drawn out, as in Fig. 2, being indicated by dotted lines.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views. 7

Let A designate the Old Testament volume, B the front lid thereof, C the index-leaf, and O the fold therein.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings the names of the books are not applied to the classified-index leaf; but spaces are formed for these names, and these spaces are shaded to indicate the different colorsas red, blue, purple, orange, and greenreading from the top downwardly, red being indicated by vertical parallel lines, blue by horizontal parallel lines, purple by diagonal lines, orange by broken diagonal lines intersecting at right angles, and green by diagonal lines oppositely disposed from the diagonal lines representing purple. In this view, however, the numbers of the different books are given corresponding with the numbers shown in Fig. 1, and the tabs corre spondingly numbered are shown applied directly opposite the books to which they correspond. In use these tabs will not only be numbered to correspond with the numbers of the books which they represent, but they will also be correspondingly colored. In Fig. 1, Where the names of the books are Written, a portion of each name-space at the right is shaded to indicate the color in which the name of the book is printed. This is true both in the classified and alphabetical index. In Fig. 1 the names of the different classifications are also written at the left of the group of names belonging to each division.

From the foregoing description the mannor of using the index will be readily understood. For instance, if it is desired to find the Book of Job the user looks opposite J in the alphabetical index and finds the name Job printed in purple. He then looks in the classified index for the group of books whose names are in purple and finds to Book of Job, which is numbered 1 in both indexes. Then by looking for the purple tab horizontally opposite in the body of the book the user will readily find the Book of Job, since the said tab is applied to the first leaf of the book. In this way any book of the Old Testament may be readily found from this index.

This index will be found very advantageous to people who are not particularly familiar with the Bible and who would have more or less trouble in turning to any particular book; but it will be readily understood that by the use of this index no special knowledge is required in order to find any book thereof, since any book specified may be quickly found in the alphabetical index and then very rapidly found in the classified index, since the color in which the name is written in the alphabetical index, as well as the number applied to the said name, finds its corresponding number and color in the classified index.

Attention is called to the fact that leaves containing my improved index may be fureiam nished to people having Bibles and may be readily applied to the Bibles by their owners. Colored sheets of paper may also be furnished, from which properly colored tabs may be cut to be applied to the leaves. This may also be readily accomplished by any person. In practice it is not thought that it will be necessary to apply the numbers to the tabs, since the colors alone will be sufficient by reason of the fact that the tabs corresponding with the various books in the classified index are located horizontally opposite the names of the booksin the said index.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A volume-index in which the names of the books composing the volume are arranged in a column and in groups, the names comprising the various groups being printed in colors, all the names of each group having the same color, and the names of the books of each group being distinguished by a different color from the names of the books of any other group, the names of the same books being alphabetically arranged in another column and the names of the books in the alphabetical columns being distinguished by the same color as in the group-column.

2. A Bible-index in which the names of the books of either Testament are arranged in a column and grouped, each group containing the names of a number of books, the names of all the books of any group having the same color, and the names of the books of any group having a different color from the names of the books of any other group, the. names of the same books being alphabetic ally arranged in another column and the names of the books in the alphabetical columns being distinguished by the same color as in the group-column.

3. A Bible-index in which the names of the books of either Testament are arranged in a column and in groups, the names of the different groups having different colors, and all the names of any group having the same color, the names of the groups being arranged in the column in their order from the top to the bottom, the names of the group at the front of the volume being highest in the column, the names of the books next in order toward the back of the volume being next below and so on, the names of the same books being alphabetically arranged in another column and the names of the books in the alphabetical columns being distinguished by the same color as in the group-column.

1. A Bible-index in which the names of the books of either Testament are arranged in a column, and grouped, all the names of any group having the same color, and the names of any group having a different color from the names of any other group, and tabs applied to the edges of the leaves of the volume, corresponding in color and located directly IOK IIO

op osite the names of the books in the indexco umn, the said index being secured to the lid of the book, substantially as shown and described. Q I

5. A combined classification and alphabetical Bible-index comprising the names of the books of either Testament arranged in a column and in groups, all the names of any group being designated by the same color, and the names of any group having a difierent color from the names of any other group; the names of the same books being alphabetically arranged in another column, and the names of the books in the al habetical column being distinguished by t e same colors as in the grouped column.

6. A combined classification andalphabetical Bible-index comprising the names of the books of either Testament arranged in a column and in groups, all the names of any group being designated by the same color, and the names of any group having a different color from the names of any other group; the names of the same books being alphabetically arranged in another column, and the names of the books in the alphabetical column being distinguished by the same colors as in the grouped column, and tabs applied to the edges of the leaves of the volume to designate the different books, the said tabs being designated by colors corresponding With the colors of the index-columns and arranged directly opposite the corresponding books of the classified column.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

LOUIS B. SMITH. Witnesses:

DENA NELSON, A. J. OBRIEN. 

